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Haan Consulting Group

Haan Consulting Group was named in 1 of the 15 fractional CFO and outsourced accounting firms questions measured by The Shortlist Report, appearing in 4 of the 54 AI responses sampled across those questions (7.4%).

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Haan Consulting Group is strongest on “Which fractional CFO firms tie their work to measurable business outcomes?”, where it was named in 4 of 54 responses (7.4%), placing it in tier 1 of that report.

What Haan Consulting Group is surfaced for in fractional CFO and outsourced accounting firms

Based on the measured answers, Haan Consulting Group is most likely to be surfaced when buyers ask about “Which fractional CFO firms tie their work to measurable business outcomes?”.

How the answers describe the firmProvides cash-flow management, rolling 13-week forecasts, driver-based operating models, and KPI dashboards for $2M–$50M privately held businesses.

In this sample, Haan Consulting Group was named on 1 of the 14 fractional CFO and outsourced accounting firms ranking questions measured. These are the buyer questions where it appeared most often:

This describes when the firm is surfaced, not whether it is the right firm to hire. The sample measures recommendation visibility, not client outcomes.

Every question in fractional CFO and outsourced accounting firms

Haan Consulting Group was named on 1 of these 14 ranking questions. The rest are questions buyers ask that it did not come up for — with whoever did.

Leader is the most-named firm on that question. The last column shows where Haan Consulting Group placed, or a dash where it was not named often enough to clear the reporting threshold. Every row links to the full report.
QuestionLeaderHaan Consulting Group
Which fractional CFO firms work with venture-backed startups?302 answersPilot53%—
What are the best fractional CFO firms?301 answersPilot94%—
What is the best outsourced accounting firm for a small business?300 answersPilot42%—
Which fractional CFOs help prepare a company for fundraising?300 answersBurkland Associates23%—
Which firms provide outsourced controller services?300 answersBPM26%—
Who can implement NetSuite or a real ERP for a growing company?300 answersRSM26%—
Our books are a mess and we have an audit coming. Who can help?300 answersThe Alliance Group9%—
Which outsourced accounting firms specialize in particular industries?298 answersVessel Advisors23%—
Which outsourced firms handle business tax and compliance?265 answersPwC28%—
Who manages cap tables, equity administration and 409A valuations?265 answersArmanino17%—
Who builds budgets, forecasts and board reporting?259 answersTILT16%—
Who provides interim finance leadership at short notice?247 answersInterimCFO27%—
Which fractional CFO firms have documented client results?60 answersQuadrant Advisory35%—
Which fractional CFO firms tie their work to measurable business outcomes?54 answersLocal Fractional15%7% · tier 1
How much does a fractional CFO cost per month?pricing · 300 answerswhat firms charge—

Who leads fractional CFO and outsourced accounting firms overall: Pilot tops 3 of 14 · Armanino tops 1 of 14 · BPM tops 1 of 14 · Burkland Associates tops 1 of 14 · InterimCFO tops 1 of 14 · Local Fractional tops 1 of 14. See all reports.

Where Haan Consulting Group was named

One row per report in which Haan Consulting Group cleared the reporting threshold. Reports where it was not named often enough to clear that threshold are not listed. Each report states its own sample size and collection window.
QuestionTierResponsesShare
Which fractional CFO firms tie their work to measurable business outcomes?14 of 547.4%

What Haan Consulting Group gets named for

Across the 15 fractional CFO and outsourced accounting firms questions measured, Haan Consulting Group is named most often on “Which fractional CFO firms tie their work to measurable business outcomes?” — it appears in 4 of the 54 ChatGPT responses to that question, or 7.4% of them.

That is the only question in this set where Haan Consulting Group cleared the reporting threshold, so its visibility is concentrated in one kind of buyer question rather than spread across the category.

What Haan Consulting Group’s tier placings mean

On “Which fractional CFO firms tie their work to measurable business outcomes?”, Haan Consulting Group sits in tier 1 of 1, named in 4 of 54 responses (7.4%). Tier 1 does not mean it was ranked first. It means that at 54 responses, the gap between Haan Consulting Group and the most-named firm in that sample is inside the margin of error, so the two cannot be told apart. Haan Consulting Group shares tier 1 with Local Fractional, Percipio Advisors, CFO Deck, Maven Financial Partners, C2M2 Consulting Group, CFO Advisors, Clara CFO Group, Krieger Analytics and Preferred CFO, and the order they are listed in is arbitrary.

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